Navy Aircraft Carriers : Retirement of USS John F. Kennedy -- Issues and Options for Congress.

Discusses issues for Congress related to DOD decision to retire the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in FY2007, including issues related to the optimal number of aircraft carriers, deciding which vessel to retire, and carrier homeporting arrangements. Assesses options for Congress to either pres...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Aircraft carriers. Defense spending. Harbors. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Discusses issues for Congress related to DOD decision to retire the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in FY2007, including issues related to the optimal number of aircraft carriers, deciding which vessel to retire, and carrier homeporting arrangements. Assesses options for Congress to either preserve the current 12 carrier fleet or to retire one aircraft carrier. Reviews related legislative activity.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.